| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 言 | い・う | word, to say |
| 言葉 | ことば | word, language |
| 助言 | じょげん | piece of advice; counsel |
| 文句を言 | もんくをいう | complain |
| 言う | いう | to say |
| 言い出す | いいだす | to start talking, to speak, to tell, to propose |
| 言い付ける | いいつける | to tell, to tell on (someone), to order |
| 言付ける | ことづける | to send word, to send a message |
| 一言 | ひとこと | single word |
| 独り言 | ひとりごと | a soliloquy, a monologue, speaking to oneself |
| 方言 | ほうげん | dialect |
| 言語学 | げんごがく | linguistics |
| 言語 | 言語 | language |
| 言葉遣い | ことばづかい | speech, expression, wording |
| 侮言 | ぶげん | insult |
| 冗言 | じょうげん | chatter, useless words |
| 合言葉 | あいことば | password, watchword |
| 嘉言 | かげん | wise saying |
| 宣言 | せんげん | declaration, proclamation, announcement |
| 寡言 | かげん | reticence, taciturnity |
| 提言 | ていげん | proposal, motion |
| 断言 | だんげん | assertion, declaration, affirmation |
| 欧米諸言語 | おうべいしょげんご | the languages of Europe and America |
| 比較言語学 | ひかくげんごがく | comparative linguistics |
| 片言隻語 | へんげんせきご | (not even) a few words |
| 狂言 | きょうげん | kyogen (farce played during a Noh cycle); make-believe, ruse, trick |
| 発言 | はつげん | utterance, speech, proposal |
| 睦言 | むつごと | lovers' talk, whispered intimacies |
| 綸言 | りんげん | imperial words |
| 言い渡す | いいわたす | to announce, to tell, to sentence, to order |
| 言い訳 | いいわけ | excuse; explanation |
| 言わば | いわば | so to speak, so to call it, as it were |
| 言及 | げんきゅう | reference, allusion |
| 証言 | しょうげん | evidence, testimony |
| 誉め言葉 | ほめことば | words of praise, eulogy, compliment |
| 謹言 | きんげん | Yours Sincerely ... |
| 践言 | せんげん | keeping one's word |